Canada



F. A. PURDY.

RAILWAY TICKET AND "FORNI THEREFOH APPLICATION FILED OCT. III. |915.

Patent dAuO". 5,1919.

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FRED ALEXANDER PURDY, OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

RAILWAY-TICKET AND FORM THEREFOR.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 5, 191e.

Application led October 14, 1915. Serial No. 55,817.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, FRED ALEXANDER PURDY, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada,

residing at Vancouver, in the count of New 'Westmlnster and Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Tickets and lEorms Therefor, of which the following is a specilication.

rlihis'invention relates to railway tickets and forms therefor.

At the present time, as is well known to persons familiar with railway passenger tralic, almost an unlimitednumber of different tickets and ticket forms are required and used in connection with the different kinds of service rendered to passengers, each dierent service necessitating a new or different kind of ticket or ticket form. Thus, there are different forms of tickets or different ticket forms for .use between different stations on the road by which the tickets are issued and on all connecting roads and lines of transportation; also different forms for one way, round trip and tour tickets; for the classes of service, as first class, second class, etc.; for parlor car, sleeping car, and other special service; the primary consideration being to serve passengers expeditiously at the points of issue or sale.

Any saving in time eected in this respect, however, is oset many times by the time and study required by the railroad employees in familiarizing themselves with the many different kinds of tickets and ticket forms used, whereby any desired ticket or ticket form may be selected quickly and accurately, and also by the work and attention required to keepan adequate supply of all of the different kinds of tickets or` ticket forms in stock, to say nothing of the large expense of printing relatively small quantities of many dierent kinds of tickets or ticket forms.

At the present time, also, the universal practice, so far as l am aware, is to number all tickets of the same kind consecutively, each coupon of tickets consisting of more than one coupon bearing the same number. This is objectionable as no `means are afforded whereby conductors and others are able to determine whether there was any irregularity in the issuing of the ticket, as by the unauthorized insertion or removal of coupons, orotherwise, or by errors in issu- EDGE# Heretofore, also, the agents records of tickets issued, if any, have consisted either ofla detachable stub on the ticket proper printed to partially .or wholly correspond withthe ticket proper and adapted to receive entries of such items and matters relating to thel ticket. sold as it is desired to keep of rceord for the purpose of identifying' the tickets sold or issued, or, where the tickets have no stubs or equivalent parts, the records of tickets issued, if any, have consisted of written entries in books or upon sheets kept for theipurpose. Both of these systems of keeping records of tickets issued are objectionable, the first because of possible omissions or errors in making the entries on the stubs, and the second because of the liability to omission and errors and also because of the large amount of time, work and expense rcquired for making the necessary entries.,

The object of the present invention is to overcome all of the foregoing objectionable, features, which end ll attain by moans of what may appropriately be designated a universal form of ticket for railway and other use, comprising a top or overlying strip ot' paper or the like, designed and adapted to receive original entries, and an underlying strip or strips adapted to receive carbon impressions of the original entries made on said top strip, and interposed carbon or transfer paper, said top strip consisting ot' an indefinite number of coupons detachably connected in series to form a strip of any desired length, said coupons being ot' the same size and all containing facsniih` printed matter and being provided with corresponding blank spaces adapted to receive appropriate entries, transfer impressions of which are reproduced on said underlying strip or strips. Said coupons are detachable singly or in series to form the ticket proper and the registering lengths of said underlying strip or strips, containing carbon copies of the entries made on said detached coupons, are detached therewith and form auditing and accounting records of tickets issued, said coupons beingv all numbered in consecutive series whether the ticket issued comprises a single coupon or a plurality ot' coupons. My invention also comprises the various features and details of constructigm hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, in whith my invention is fully illustrated,

Figure l is a perspective View showing a packet of ticket forms and underlying record strips of my invention, assembled for use.

Fig. 2 is a tace or front view of a number of ticket coupons of my invention illed in and detached to form tickets as issued to passengers; and

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are isometric views of different forms of record sheets designed for use in connection with my improved ticket forms.

Referring now particularly to Fig. 1 of the drawings, A designates, as a whole, a packet 0f ticket forms of my invention, comprising a top strip a, underlying strips al, a2 and as and carbon sheets a, a5 and a interposed between the strips a, al, a2 and a3. As shown, the strip a* is double-faced and the strips a5 and a are formed by supplying a carbon coating to the rear sides of the strips al and a, whereby straight up carbon copies of original entries on the top strip a will be produced on the underlying strips a1, a2 and as and a reversed carbon copy of said entries will be produced on the rear side of the strip a.

The top strip a consists of a series of cou I pons 1 all of which are of the same size and contain facsimile printed blank ticket forms and which are provided with corresponding blank spaces adapted to receive appropriate entries to designate the destination of the passenger, the route and the class of service and to identify the ticket, the date of sale, and, if desired, the passenger in a general way, and such other data as may be desired.

' The printed blank ticket forms on said coupons 1 may and probably will vary according to the ideas of the person who prepares the same. As the specific character of the entries and the arrangement thereof Jform no part of my present invention, it is not, therefore, considered necessary `to describe in detail any particular character or arrangement of such printed matter or blank spaces.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings, I have, for purposes of illustration, and to' show the wide adaptability and range of use of my invention, shown a number of ticket coupons ot my invention filled in and detached to form tickets as issued to passengers. As in the form of coupon shown in Fig. 1, the character of the entries shown in Fig. 2 is illustrative merely and will be readily under stood from an inspection of said figure without a description lin detail of the entires appearing on the tickets therein shown.

Each packet of tickets may comprise an indefinite and relatively large number of coupons, which are detachable from each other4 singly or any desired number at a time, to form the ticket proper which is de livered to the passenger, and the registering lengths of the underlying strips al, a2 and a3,

containing carbon copies of the entries on said detached coupons, are detached therewith and are designed to form the agents record of tickets sold, and for auditing and accounting records 0i' all tickets issued.

In tickets comprising a plurality oi coupons, it has been customary to print at the head of the ticket a statement ot the conditions on which the ticket is sold and defining the rights and liabilities of the issuing company and of the passengers incident to the passage or service called for by said ticket. Under this arrangement, it has been necessary to print the coupons in reversed order` that is, the coupons of said ticket are printed to form a series extending from the bottom of the ticket upwardly in the order in which they are to be detached, the coupon to be detached iirst being arranged at the bottom lof the ticket. In accordance with my invendetached singly or whether a number of such coupons are detached together, to form a single ticket. As previously stated, this prevents the possibility of errors and irregularity in the issuing of the tickets, as by abstracting or inserting coupons-as the carbon copies forming the record of tickets sold would at once disclose the absence or insertion of any coupons. The blank ticket forms can be thus numbered at the time they arey printed, but to insure that the tickets are numbered correctly, they will preferably be numbered by hand at the time they are issued.

Numbering the tickets in consecutive series from the top of the ticket downward possesses an advantage and also an economy of time and study in issuing tickets I'by the ticket clerk. Heretofore in filling out a ticket 'comprising a plurality of coupons and providing for different kinds of service, as transportation between a number of dif ferent points, it has been necessary for the ticket clerk before beginning to till in the ticket, to figure out the number o't' coupons ,required and count down from the contract for that number.

senger is to take, arranged in the order in which they are t0 be detached, nov time or study being called for in his calculations as to the number and arrangement of the ticket coupons.

ln order to fiX responsibility for errors which may occur in connectionlwith filling out and issuing tickets, my invention also contemplates applyingto each coupon of each ticket issued` a character-as a number-to identify the agent who issues the ticket. This will also preferably be done by hand at the time the ticket is issued.

As regards the strips a1, a2 and a3 which form the record portions of the ticket, it is not necessary to print these as, due to the fact that the ticket coupons are all facsimiles of each other, the nature of the printing on the top strip a is well known to all persons who have to do with the issuing of tickets. This is of advantage for the reason that it avoids the necessity of arranging the underlying strips al, a2 and a3 in register with the printing on the top strip a, as would be necessary if the printed matter on said top strip a: were reproduced on the underlying strips.

The underlying strips a1, a2 and a3, which receive carbon copies of entries made on the top strip a, when detached are designedfor use for auditing and accounting purposes and for making records which it is desired to keep, there being as many transfer impression strips as may be required for making up the dierent records and reports.

ln Figs. 3, 4 and 5 of the drawings, l have, for the purpose of illustrating the manner of utilizing the underlying strips containing transfer impressions of entries made on the coupons forming the top strip, shown three different forms of record sheets, designated as a whole, respectively, B, C and D.

As shown, the record sheet B, shown in Fig. 3, is assumed to represent the report of the agent at any station to the auditors oiiice of the railroad of tickets sold at that point; and is ruled both transversely and vertically to form lines and columns adapted to receive desired entries relatin to and descriptive of' the tickets sold, including the amount of cash collected for each ticket or the equivalent consideration, if any, said columns comprising a column in which one of the carbon copy strips, as the strips al, is designed to be attached. In order to associate the dierent carbon copy strips al, when det-ached, 'with the entries relating thereto, respectively, the top or upper edges of said carbon copy strips are attached on the transverse line which receives the entries made on said record sheet relating to the tickets corresponding to said carbon copy strips, respectively, the lower ends of said strips hanging loose and the upper `strips overlying the lower strips, all as sumed to form the record of tickets sold,

which is kept by the agent, carbon copy strips, as the strips a2, detached with the ticket, beingattached thereto in the same manner as the carbon copy strips al are attached to the record sheet B.

As shown, the record sheet D. shown in Fig. 5, is assumedv to represent what 'is coinmonly known as an auditing oiiice folio page. The third carbon copy strip a3 is designed to be pasted or otherwise attached to said sheet D, the carbon copies of entries on different ticket coupons being arranged consecutively according to the numbering of the coupons to which they correspond, thus forming a complete record of all tickets sold.

l. A universal railway ticket form consisting of an indefinite series of coupons of the same size all containing facsimile printed blank ticket forms and provided with corresponding blank spaces adapted to receive appropriate entries, said coupons bcing detachable singly or in series and all of said coupons to be-l numbered consecutively whether detached singly or in series, substantially as described.

2. A universal railway ticket form consisting of an indefinite series of coupons of the same size all containing facsimile printed blank ticket forms and provided with corresponding blank spaces adapted to receive appropriate entries, said coupons being detachable singly or in series and all of said coupons to be numbered consecutively from top to bottom whether detached singly or in series, substantially as described.

3. A universal railway ticket form comprising a top strip adapted to receive origi nal entries, an underlying strip or strips, and interposed transfer paper, said top strip consisting of an indefinlte series of coupons of the same size all containing facsimile printed blank ticket forms and rovided. with corresponding blank spaces a apted to receive appropriate entries, transfer impres sions of which' are reproduced on said underlyin strip or strips, said coupons being .detach-a le singly or in series and all of said coupons to be numbered consecutively whether detached singly or in series to forni the ticket proper and the registering length of said underlying strip 4or strips containing transfer impressions of entries on said coupons, being. detachable therewith for use in making up records of tickets issued. substantially as described.

et. A universal railway ticket form consisting of an indefinite series of coupons of the same size all containing facsimile printresponding blank spaces adapted to receive appropriate entries, said coupons being detachable singly or in series and all of said coupons to be numbered consecutively Whether detached singly or in series, and

.each of said coupons to have applied thereto a character to identify the person who issued said ticket, substantially as described.

5. A universal railway ticket form comprising a top strip adapted to receive original entries, an underlying strip or strips, and interposed transfer paper, said top strip consisting of an indenite series of coupons of the saine size all containing facsimile printed blank ticket forms and provided with corresponding blank spaces adapted to receive appropriate entries, transfer impressions of which are reproduced on said underlying strip or strips, said coupons being detachable singly or in series, and all ol said coupons to be numbered consecutively Whether detached singly or in series and each of said coupons to have applied thereto a character to identify the person who issued said ticket, the strip which receives the original entries forming the ticket proper and the registering lengths of said underlying strip or strips Containing transfer inlpressions of entries on said coupons, being detachable therewith Afor use in making up records of tickets issued, :tnbstantially as described.

FRED ALEXANDER PURDY. lVitnesses:

HARRY HUGH MiLLARn, CHARLES MILLARD. 

